Also the third line by which this train is traveling is no more. The loop to NRM has been re-laid from the mainline itself.

WOW! Never have i ever seen it so clear and open before. If you look now......this place is filled up with grass and weeds and one can hardly notice the line going into the NRM. I guess the photographer has used the flyover to take this shot. Without the catenary and the modifications, this place looks like a whole new place to me!!!!

Superb pics. Indeed it is refreshing to see steam after so long. Look at the mixed train. The coaches and wagons too are as antique as the loco. The small coach in front is really interesting. What was it used for? Seems that too is on way to NRM

I think there was a limited service on the lower section of the line but not beyond Coonor.

Nice little loco. But what a sad condition :-(

I love this pic. Toy like locos and and coaches and the isolated small wagon is absolute cutie pie !!

John Sir, You are a Genius..Thanks for capturing India Prime Rail Heritage...Hats Off!!

Thanks a lot for the pic. This line too should have stayed with steam, like the DHR. I remember travelling with my parents on this line, behind such a loco, when I was a little kid

Lovely Snap... and note the signs of electrification co-existing with the giant steamers..

This was the only system of this type I encountered in India. Even large depots seemed to rely upon the steam crane and bucket method.I liked the way each crane had its own number. As they were self propelled this seemed the correct thing. In the UK very large sheds had concrete towers/silos with elevators on which full wagons were lifted and tipped into the silo but I have also seen the conveyor belt system used